The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 2006
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
6:20 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 191.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.29° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.20° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.