The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1939
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
3:58 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 298.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.99° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.09° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.