The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
12:14 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 111.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.29° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.93° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.