The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
5:12 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.4° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.60° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.32° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.