The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2060
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
7:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1702
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 | 188.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.08° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.01° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.