The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2005
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.65° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.77° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| 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.