The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2104
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
3:39 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2248
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 | 289.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 14.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.47° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.61° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.