The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1900
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
4:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 10:23 PM, is deepest at 10:27 PM and ends at 10:32 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.4° / 353.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.74° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.