The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
1:58 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 98.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.09° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.28° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.