The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1901
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
5:55 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.41° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.14° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 344.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.