The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
5:41 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -43
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 | 173.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.43° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.