The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1982
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
5:05 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 305.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.10° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.84° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.