The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1947
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
10:22 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 258.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.74° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.49° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.