The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2082
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
10:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1974
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 | 226.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.57° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.