The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2026
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
7:39 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1284
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.00° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.44° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.