The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1960
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
10:43 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 464
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 | 233.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.41° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.02° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.