The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2074
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
12:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1875
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 | 246.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.28° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.20° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.