The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2057
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
7:27 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.32° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.