The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2120
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
10:41 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2444
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 | 226.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.99° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.