The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 13, 1959
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
1:05 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 451
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 | 83.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.93° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.00° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.