The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2120
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
1:47 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2446
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.69° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.36° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.