The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
1:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 113.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.47° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.62° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.