The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 1990
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
3:57 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.29° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.