The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
1:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1863
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.60° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.18° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.