The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1975
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
11:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.39° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.86° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.