The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 1944
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
9:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 220.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.50° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.18° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.