The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
12:22 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.10° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.02° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.96° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.