The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2025
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
2:22 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 255.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.53° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.73° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.