The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2042
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
4:53 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1478
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.32° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.