The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1945
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
7:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 154.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.72° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.88° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 30.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.