The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1929
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
1:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.55° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.25° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.