The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
10:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.38° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.81° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.