The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
1:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1255
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 | 73.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.19° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.44° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.