The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1937
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 51.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.03° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.90° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.