The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
5:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 166.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.50° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.96° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.