The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1957
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
11:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 430
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 | 222.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.57° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.13° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.