The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1942
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
7:52 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.84° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.