The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1965
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
9:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 529
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 | 204.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.07° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.53° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.