The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2007
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
8:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.06° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.29° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.