The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2006
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
2:14 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 253.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 28.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.11° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.94° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.