The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 2013
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
11:11 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 48.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.17° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.24° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.