The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1977
Waning Crescent
36.5% 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
2:29 AM
12:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 285.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.88° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.73° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| 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.