The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% 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
4:05 PM
4:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 146.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.10° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.48° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.