The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2138
Waxing Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
11:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2667
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 | 75.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.92° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.80° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.