The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 13, 1900
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
5:27 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 319.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.14° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.93° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.