The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2088
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
5:04 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2048
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.82° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.71° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.