The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 2161
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
12:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2951
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.65° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.41° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.