The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 12, 2172
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
12:38 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3085
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.60° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.38° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| 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.