The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1990
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 834
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.75° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.38° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.