The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 11, 1912
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
4:12 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -131
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.46° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.