The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
3:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 125.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.08° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.37° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.