The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2064
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
8:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1754
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 134.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.80° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.83° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.