The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
4:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.74° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.01° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| 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.