The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:56 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 861
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 329.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.81° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.55° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| 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.