The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
3:22 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 132.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.89° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.01° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.