The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2053
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
7:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1618
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 | 9.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.66° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.30° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.