The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2072
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
7:55 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1853
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.93° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.50° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.