The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
3:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 151.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -3.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.63° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.31° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.