The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2075
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 AM
9:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1888
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.96° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.01° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.