The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:32 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1964
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.44° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.41° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.