The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 2020
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1205
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.49° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.58° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.