The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2115
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2382
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.64° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.43° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.