The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2006
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
10:27 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 224.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.59° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.