The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2175
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
3:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3123
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.03° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.86° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.