The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 13, 1998
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.40° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.98° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.