The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1917
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
4:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 322.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.09° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.79° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.