The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2018
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
9:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 44.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.29° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.