The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2162
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
9:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2964
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.95° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.78° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.