The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2041
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
11:06 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1469
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 | 219.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.00° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.51° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.