The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
4:39 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.19° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.28° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.