The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2104
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
1:45 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2246
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.96° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.22° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.