The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 1939
Waning Crescent
42.3% 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
2:06 AM
12:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.21° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.12° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.