The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 1976
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
7:30 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 662
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 | 194.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.56° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.83° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.