The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2136
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
7:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2642
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 | 188.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.60° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.