The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2173
Waxing Crescent
32.3% 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
1:54 PM
10:36 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3102
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 | 69.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -28.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.81° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.81° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.