The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 2118
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:55 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2418
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.99° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.65° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.