The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
10:33 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.13° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.71° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.