The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 13, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
5:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.1° / 328.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.07° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.58° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.