The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 13, 1983
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
11:51 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.09° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.97° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.