The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2034
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
7:23 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1383
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 148.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.32° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.13° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.