The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1971
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
7:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.83° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.72° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.