The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
4:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.14° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.77° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.