The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1919
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
7:40 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 191.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.58° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.26° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.