The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1969
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
7:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 579
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 | 15.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.92° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.66° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.