The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
3:40 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -180
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.61° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.86° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| 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.