The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2012
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
5:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 322.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.74° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.09° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.