The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2007
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
7:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.83° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.26° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.