The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2067
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
9:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1791
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.34° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.93° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.