The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
3:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2739
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.08° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.18° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.