The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
9:31 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 219.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.08° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.23° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.