The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1936
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
1:48 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.62° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.23° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| 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.