The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 13, 2042
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
4:35 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1477
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.61° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.50° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.