The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2014
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
6:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1132
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.95° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 17.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.