The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 13, 1963
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
12:02 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.55° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.40° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.