The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1950
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
6:26 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.65° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.97° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.