The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
3:28 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.56° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.47° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.