The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1900
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
5:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.84° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 21.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.