The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2036
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
9:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1403
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.32° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.35° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.