The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2063
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
9:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1739
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 | 217.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.69° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.80° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.