The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 13, 2001
Last Quarter
54.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:54 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.41° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.99° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| 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.