The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2119
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
11:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2432
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.25° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.61° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.