The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
2:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 390
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 | 140.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.49° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.90° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.