The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
5:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 760
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.5° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.01° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.39° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.