The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1950
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
7:32 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 340
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 | 330.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 76.3° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.54° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.23° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.