The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 13, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
1:42 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.16° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.59° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.