The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2173
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:23 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3100
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.64° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.29° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.