The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2145
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
4:49 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.56° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.13° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.