The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1954
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 393
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 348.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.85° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.66° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.