The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1901
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
11:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.29° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.70° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.