The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2010
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
9:46 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.83° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.53° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.