The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% 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
5:52 PM
3:08 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 150.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.18° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.45° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.