The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2015
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
6:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 157.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.35° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.07° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.