The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1928
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
10:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 259.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.64° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.88° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.