The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
1:47 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1527
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.42° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.83° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.