The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2108
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2296
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.73° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.85° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.