The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1969
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
8:10 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 339.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 78.2° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.12° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.06° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.