The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 1994
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
11:05 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 885
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 | 46.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.34° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.05° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.