The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2003
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
9:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 999
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 | 205.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.87° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.94° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.