The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% 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
3:48 PM
1:07 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3273
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 | 107.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.25° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.97° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.