The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2121
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
8:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2456
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.17° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.68° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.