The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 13, 1957
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
7:15 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 194.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.07° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.59° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.