The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1960
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
9:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 224.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.93° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.38° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.