The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2085
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2011
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.22° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.62° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.