The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2012
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
7:35 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.88° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.