The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 13, 2009
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
11:21 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.23° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.37° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.