The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1945
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
10:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 70.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 116.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.72° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.18° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.