The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2108
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
11:26 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2295
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.35° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.69° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.