The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1956
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
8:08 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 13.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.14° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.