The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
3:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2876
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.2° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.83° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.35° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.