The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
3:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1665
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.1° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.31° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.95° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.