The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 13, 2021
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
11:58 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 24.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.77° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.33° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.