The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 1941
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
9:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 228
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 | 222.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.64° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.57° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.