The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
7:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 200.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.09° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.83° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.