The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1953
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
10:05 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.01° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.59° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.