The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1953
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
8:24 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 52.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.16° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.83° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.