The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
6:26 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 173.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.37° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.77° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.