The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2009
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
11:14 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1070
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 | 237.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.31° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.83° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.