The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2048
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
10:50 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 65.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.68° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.53° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.