The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1926
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
10:53 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 44.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.75° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.86° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.