The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
4:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 152.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.25° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.13° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.