The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1982
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
11:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 735
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 | 245.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.06° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.99° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.