The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
5:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2941
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 | 149.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 15.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.53° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.57° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.