The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
7:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.87° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.04° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.