The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1958
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 285.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.74° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.93° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.