The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1977
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
6:57 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 7% of the Sun is covered at 5:11 PM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.72° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.36° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.