The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2090
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
8:51 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2073
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.56° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.98° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.