The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1914
Last Quarter
47.0% 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
11:48 PM
2:24 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.16° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.69° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.