The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
6:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 174.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.76° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.44° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 205.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.