The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
1:02 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 103.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.36° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.14° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.