The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 1974
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
2:04 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.18° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.27° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.