The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 1979
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
9:30 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 219.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.15° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.62° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| 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.