The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 12, 2099
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
6:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2186
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Jupiter 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 | 340.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 178.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.87° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.41° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.