The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
3:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2236
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 | 137.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.93° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.96° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.