The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
1:37 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.24° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.44° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.