The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2077
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
4:16 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1912
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.37° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.26° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.