The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
1:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3139
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 | 108.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.46° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.