The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:39 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 171.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.97° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.