The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
4:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 157.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.72° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.12° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.