The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
12:32 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 97.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.79° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.65° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.