The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 13, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
2:04 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.94° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.57° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.