The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 2013
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
12:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.23° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.21° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.