The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
3:35 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.31° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.11° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.