The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1955
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
5:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 322.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.56° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.69° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.