The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
4:49 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.80° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.11° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.