The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1960
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
12:41 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 251.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.82° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.81° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.