The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 2107
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
12:30 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2281
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.66° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.58° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.