The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
5:14 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.74° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.78° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| 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.