The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2186
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
7:23 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3262
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.21° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.72° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 203.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.