The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1944
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:13 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 256.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.31° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.59° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.