The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1976
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
9:22 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 211.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.43° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.59° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.