The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1909
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
5:38 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -164
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.98° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.46° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.