The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 145.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.71° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.78° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.