The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 2004
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
5:19 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.15° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.54° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.