The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
4:35 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 996
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 | 164.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.0° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.62° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.13° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.