The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2186
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
4:49 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3259
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 | 305.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.66° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.33° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.