The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1945
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:14 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 53.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.91° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.04° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.