The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2009
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
3:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 287.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.46° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.00° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.