The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2022
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
7:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.31° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.