The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1995
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
6:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.90° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.