The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 11, 2012
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
1:50 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.66° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.00° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.