The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 12, 2139
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
6:44 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2678
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.96° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.81° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.