The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1941
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
6:46 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 225
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 5:54 AM, is deepest at 6:55 AM and ends at 7:55 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 340.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.75° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.