The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2042
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
6:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.12° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.19° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.