The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 525
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 | 164.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 343.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.57° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.19° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.