The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 2017
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
8:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 214.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.11° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.