The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 13, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
5:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1935
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -25.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.48° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.60° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.