The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2025
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
7:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1268
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 | 201.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.37° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.63° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.