The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
1:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.37° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.35° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.