The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 2015
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
4:53 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 309.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.01° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| 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.