The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1925
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:44 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.64° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.14° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.