The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1915
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
4:37 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 195.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.15° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.10° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.