The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2087
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
8:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.58° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.36° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.