The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
5:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 12.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.32° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.41° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.