The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
1:17 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 96.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.60° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.15° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| 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.