The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.48° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.04° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.