The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
1:31 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 117.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.20° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.54° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.