The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2031
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
4:45 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.31° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.28° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.