The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 1975
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
11:22 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 649
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 | 37.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.37° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.54° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.