The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2197
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3399
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.28° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.81° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.