The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1986
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
9:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.45° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.05° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.