The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2097
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
11:20 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2160
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 | 64.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.48° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.07° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.