The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 1948
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
12:33 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.70° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.77° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.