The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
2:28 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.07° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.31° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.