The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1990
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
1:27 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 836
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.52° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.84° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.