The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2031
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
4:51 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1345
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.57° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.69° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.