The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
2:04 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2570
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 | 119.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.21° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.75° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.