The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 2148
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
4:55 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2788
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.00° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.29° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.