The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2107
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
3:01 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2283
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.02° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.43° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.06° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.