The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 1998
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
9:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 217.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.05° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.42° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.