The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2105
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
9:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2258
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.25° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.82° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.