The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1956
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 52.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.30° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.11° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.