The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2060
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
11:16 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 220.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.75° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.31° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.