The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 2009
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 233.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.32° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.16° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.