The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1949
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
10:16 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 223.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.40° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.