The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 2051
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
11:55 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1589
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 | 49.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.89° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.52° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.