The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1911
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -139
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.95° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.64° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| 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.