The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 1929
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
12:34 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 81
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 | 78.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.79° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.70° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.58° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.