The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2072
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
7:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.25° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.04° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.