The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:41 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 99.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.82° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.06° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.