The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 2012
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
5:41 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 17.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.62° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.93° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.