The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 1963
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
12:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 501
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 | 251.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.85° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.