The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2014
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
12:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 234.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.27° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.33° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.