The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1988
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
7:30 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 19.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.21° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.85° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.