The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1902
First Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.38° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.