The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2034
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
7:24 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1380
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.2° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.06° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.42° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.