The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1900
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
11:22 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.83° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.39° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.