The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2101
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:20 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2209
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 | 222.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.19° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.