The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1944
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:51 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.03° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.08° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.