The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1966
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
3:38 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 538
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 | 289.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.79° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.93° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.