The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1975
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
11:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.88° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.02° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.