The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2034
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
5:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1379
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.6° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.42° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.56° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.