The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1972
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
9:57 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 58.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.77° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.52° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.