The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1993
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
2:01 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 871
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.42° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.42° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.