The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1952
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
3:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 368
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 | 290.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.93° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.29° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.