The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1946
Waning Gibbous
95.3% 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
7:22 PM
8:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 205.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 326.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.78° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.24° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.