The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% 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
5:47 PM
2:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2939
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 | 132.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.63° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.95° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.