The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1903
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
12:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.50° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.27° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.