The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
1:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1628
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.87° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.98° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.