The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
6:34 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2842
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 | 169.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 343.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.44° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.98° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.