The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2040
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
11:23 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.77° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.09° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.