The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1979
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
8:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 209.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.25° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.