The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1979
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.18° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.77° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.