The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1917
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.94° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.59° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.