The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2183
Last Quarter
55.5% 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
1:14 AM
12:59 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3221
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.59° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| 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.