The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2007
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
7:59 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1045
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 | 336.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 78.0° / 186.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.08° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.42° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.