The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2023
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
6:14 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 336.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.80° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.38° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.