The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 12, 2181
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
9:15 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3198
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 8.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.2° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.20° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.83° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.