The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
1:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -250
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 | 123.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.99° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.11° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.