The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 2165
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
11:29 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3000
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.50° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.49° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.