The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 13, 1903
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
8:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -242
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.94° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.70° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.