The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2083
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
8:06 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1986
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.89° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.29° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.