The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1934
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
9:48 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 143
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.94° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.40° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.