The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1945
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
11:27 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 37.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.90° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.89° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.