The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 12, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
4:46 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1701
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.3° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.23° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.