The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
4:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 154.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.05° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.93° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.