The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1918
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
11:51 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.14° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.72° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.