The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 2021
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
11:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.06° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.90° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.