The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1966
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
6:28 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.80° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.18° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.