The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
10:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 64.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.40° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.12° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.