The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1948
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
9:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 31.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.94° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.47° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.