The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1976
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
11:37 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 228.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.78° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.91° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.