The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1995
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
8:49 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 898
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 | 205.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.83° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.20° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.