The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1988
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
7:51 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.8° / 181.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.98° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.20° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.