The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2080
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
7:02 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1949
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 | 322.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.7° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.93° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.38° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.