The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1972
Waxing Crescent
12.6% 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
10:17 AM
9:57 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 614
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 | 41.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.33° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.90° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.