The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1952
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 366
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.13° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.43° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.