The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 1998
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
2:49 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.59° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.56° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.