The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 2056
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
8:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1650
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.39° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.86° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.