The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2037
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
9:42 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1418
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.41° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.40° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.