The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1921
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
1:12 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -19
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.42° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.61° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.