The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:13 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 113.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.45° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.20° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.