The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1928
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
5:51 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 71
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 | 349.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.24° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.27° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.