The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 13, 1953
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
11:03 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.15° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.02° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.