The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2030
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
8:52 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1333
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 | 193.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.31° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.12° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.