The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1951
First Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
12:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.27° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.94° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.