The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2001
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
12:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.75° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.45° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.