The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1979
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:54 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 242.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.18° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.41° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.