The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% 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
2:38 PM
12:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.71° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.44° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.