The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 2067
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
9:49 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1787
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.86° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.90° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.