The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2177
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
7:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3148
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 | 197.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.82° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.41° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| 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.