The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
4:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2036
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 | 159.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.09° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.95° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.