The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2080
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
6:38 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1951
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.41° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.83° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.