The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2055
Waning Gibbous
61.5% 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
11:45 PM
1:50 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 256.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.19° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.