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Moon Information For October 12 2022 (United States)

Moon October 12, 2022 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset9h55m
Moonrise20:00
Moonset10:05
Distance to the center of the Sun149,286,077 km
Distance to the center of Earth392,905 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)94.1%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonTaurus ♉
Moon age (days past new moon)17.1

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in October 2022.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and SaturnOctober 5Saturn is 4.1 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterOctober 8Jupiter is 2.1 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Pleiades2022-10-12 23:46Pleiades is 2.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and MarsOctober 15Mars is 4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and PolluxOctober 17Pollux is 2 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and AntaresOctober 27Antares is 2.3 degrees South of the Moon.

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