The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
3:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1900
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.6° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.69° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.15° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.