The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1964
Waxing Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 515
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 | 61.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.84° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.23° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.