The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2051
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
11:28 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 53.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.98° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.86° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.