The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1930
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
7:34 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 93
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 | 200.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.76° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.85° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| 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.