The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1926
Waxing Crescent
30.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
9:48 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 66.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.20° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.98° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.