The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2078
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
10:56 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1927
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.73° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.46° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.