The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
6:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.43° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.