The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1911
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
5:51 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -142
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.25° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.57° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.