The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1958
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
6:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 442
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.94° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.84° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.