The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 2055
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1638
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 | 219.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.87° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.93° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.