The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1959
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
12:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 79.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.83° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.57° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.