The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2146
First Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.46° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.98° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.