The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1987
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
6:17 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 797
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.48° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.