The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
1:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 117.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.17° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.37° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.