The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
6:40 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1044
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 216.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.46° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.75° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.