The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 2004
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
4:20 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1007
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.12° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.88° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.