The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
2:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 119
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 | 134.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.70° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.75° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.