The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2154
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
10:50 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2867
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 | 71.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -28.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.10° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.64° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.