The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1908
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
5:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.72° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.