The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
6:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.38° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.