The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1938
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
5:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 191
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.46° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.