The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2034
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.01° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.37° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.