The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
4:05 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -114
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.08° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.72° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.