The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1935
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:13 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 158
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 348.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.69° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.85° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.