The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1953
Waxing Crescent
8.2% 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
9:32 AM
9:40 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 32.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.54° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.73° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.