The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2040
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
11:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.03° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.25° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.