The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2127
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
11:12 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2531
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 | 56.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.36° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.27° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.