The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1940
First Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
1:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.03° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.80° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.