The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1936
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
5:27 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 168
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 | 305.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.58° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.74° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.