The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 12, 2125
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
7:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2508
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:44 AM, is deepest at 8:38 AM and ends at 10:32 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.04° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.