The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
3:10 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 140.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.84° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.53° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.