The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2025
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
6:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1267
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 | 195.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.31° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.99° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.