The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
12:47 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2298
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 | 99.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.31° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.41° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.