The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
12:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 588
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.64° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.13° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.