The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2053
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
5:46 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.6° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.43° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.38° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.