The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
2:56 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 724
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.22° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.71° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.