The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1980
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
9:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.11° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.55° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.