The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
3:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2840
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 | 150.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.5° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.23° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.36° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.