The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1903
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
9:41 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 228.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.93° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.