The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
6:23 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.21° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.19° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.