The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1918
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 83.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.06° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.85° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.