The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1974
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
5:04 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 640
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.40° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.49° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.