The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1993
Waning Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
4:23 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 293.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.24° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.91° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.