The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1918
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
8:05 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.74° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.