The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1985
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
3:38 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 772
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.13° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.07° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.