The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2184
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
11:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3236
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.78° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.82° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.