The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1902
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
10:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -257
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 14.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.60° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.43° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.