The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 2016
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
1:47 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.73° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.81° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.