The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2157
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
11:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2902
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.66° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.99° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.