The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 1907
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
9:39 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -190
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.83° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.16° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.