The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:19 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.39° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.