The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
4:44 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.82° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.69° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.