The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
2:51 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3075
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 | 140.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.7° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.70° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.76° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.