The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1980
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
9:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.19° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.18° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.