The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1919
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
11:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 222.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.24° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.52° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.