The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1923
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
3:10 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.41° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.42° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.