The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1971
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 599
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 | 225.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.84° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.57° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.