The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1909
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
10:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.42° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.09° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.