The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
1:54 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3409
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.30° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.56° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.