The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 13, 1956
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
12:07 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 66.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.78° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.87° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.