The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2021
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
11:04 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 51.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.42° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.06° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.