The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 13, 1997
First Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
1:47 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 921
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.73° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.38° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.