The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2111
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
12:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2333
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.16° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.96° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.