The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
2:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 131.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.15° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.73° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.