The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1952
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:21 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 202.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.75° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.10° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.