The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 1972
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
4:47 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 335.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 196.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.01° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.52° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.