The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2148
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
7:35 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2790
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 | 340.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.5° / 169.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.58° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.83° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.