The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 2143
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
8:50 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2727
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° 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.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.4° / 131.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.64° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.46° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.