The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1912
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
9:15 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -128
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.52° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.02° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.