The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1920
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
7:17 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 7.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.65° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.55° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.