The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
1:05 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 118.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -27.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.03° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.33° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.