The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 1994
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
11:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.86° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.22° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.