The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2061
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
6:35 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 | 350.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 164.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.85° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.00° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.