The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
4:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 55
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.57° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.76° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.