The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2197
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
7:03 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3395
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.6° / 207.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.01° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.82° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.