The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2063
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
1:03 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1741
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 | 239.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.81° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.17° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.