The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
4:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 56
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 | 153.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.89° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.10° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.