The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1985
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
6:24 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 776
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.03° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.97° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.