The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1906
Waning Crescent
30.4% 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
12:40 AM
3:13 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 293.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.70° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.33° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.