The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
5:38 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 896
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.03° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.