The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1952
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 365
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 | 250.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.62° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.