The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2196
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
10:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3384
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 | 220.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.00° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.