The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1958
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
5:18 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 439
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 | 310.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.12° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.57° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.