The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1983
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
11:15 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 53.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.32° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.67° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.