The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2153
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
12:55 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2851
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.59° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.21° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.