The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 2047
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
11:47 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1540
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 | 243.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / 2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.17° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.20° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.