The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1900
Waning Gibbous
95.0% 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
8:22 PM
7:48 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 315.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -1.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.93° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.15° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.