The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 2069
Waning Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
3:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1812
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.67° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.08° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.