The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
1:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3038
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 | 112.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.22° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.55° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.