The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2055
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
11:26 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 237.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.54° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.39° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.