The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1727
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.71° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.59° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.