The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
1:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2098
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 | 117.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.02° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.35° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.