The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2071
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
11:02 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1840
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.03° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.57° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.