The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2001
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
2:37 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 972
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.04° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.05° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.27° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.