The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 11, 1972
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
9:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.40° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.30° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.