The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 12, 2183
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
4:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3223
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 | 295.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.87° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.07° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.