The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1966
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
5:49 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.30° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.