The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1969
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
1:24 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 301.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.56° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.39° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.