The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1983
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
11:26 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 77.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.90° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.27° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.