The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
2:00 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.65° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.99° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.