The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2061
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
7:07 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1714
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 | 323.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.6° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.00° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.56° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.