The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 1997
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
12:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 922
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.68° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.95° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.