The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1971
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
3:54 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 286.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.47° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.39° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.