The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 2199
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
2:52 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3423
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.65° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.24° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.