The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1936
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
4:23 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.30° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.61° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.