The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:50 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 100.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.91° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.86° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.