The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
7:00 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.89° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.