The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2132
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
9:10 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2591
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.08° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.32° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.