The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
5:27 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 154.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 7.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.24° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.02° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.