The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:57 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 207.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.06° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.00° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.