The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1984
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
7:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 762
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 | 191.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.40° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.03° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.