The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 13, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
4:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 55
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 353.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.94° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.56° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.