The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1980
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
3:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.28° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.86° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.