The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2182
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:15 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3213
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 | 189.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 325.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.58° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.