The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
3:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.87° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.16° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.