The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
1:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 120.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.09° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.12° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.