The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
2:23 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1999
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.20° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.75° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.