The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
3:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 137.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.98° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.93° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.