The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
4:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1231
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 | 164.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.7° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.42° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.34° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.