The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2015
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
5:56 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.84° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.77° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.