The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
1:54 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -216
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.96° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.23° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.