The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
5:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 173.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.69° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.