The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2078
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
11:06 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.98° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.87° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.