The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2135
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
10:28 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2630
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.42° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.92° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.