The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1950
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
6:38 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.09° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.57° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.