The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1904
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
8:19 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.03° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.09° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.