The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2098
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
6:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2172
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 | 186.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.02° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.