The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% 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
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 146.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.61° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.67° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.