The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
4:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 150.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 16.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.42° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.13° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.