The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1949
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
8:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 328
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 | 208.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.05° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.63° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.