The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
1:29 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 123.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.41° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.53° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| 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.