The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2073
First Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
1:17 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1862
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.87° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.99° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.