The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
1:07 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -116
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 | 133.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -28.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.43° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.04° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.