The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1937
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
11:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 74.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.73° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.39° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.