The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1961
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
8:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 353.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.02° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.06° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.