The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
6:15 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 166.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.21° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.