The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.11° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.97° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.