The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1904
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
7:24 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.8° / 176.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.79° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.04° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.