The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
8:13 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.27° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.