The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
12:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2669
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.75° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.36° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.