The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2026
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
7:55 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1280
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.7° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.73° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.24° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.