The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:40 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 130.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 22.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.23° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.86° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.