The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1959
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
12:31 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 451
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 | 70.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.72° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.22° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.