The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 1909
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:34 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -167
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 | 301.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.15° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.26° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.