The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
12:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 100.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.17° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.95° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.