The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2109
Waning Gibbous
87.9% 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
9:24 PM
10:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2310
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.72° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.97° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.