The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
6:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 168.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.62° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.