The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2158
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
1:15 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2916
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.42° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.