The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1955
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
8:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 237.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.01° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.