The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2037
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
9:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1420
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 | 49.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.75° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.97° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.