The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2131
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
10:39 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2580
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 | 228.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.54° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.22° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.