The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 1998
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 209.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.18° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.78° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.