The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 2021
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
11:15 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.46° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.58° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.