The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 1918
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
11:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.86° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.20° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.