The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
4:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 860
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 | 156.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 4.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.81° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.34° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.