The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2053
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
7:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1615
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 170.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.36° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.24° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.