The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% 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
4:50 PM
6:09 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 158.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.08° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.44° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.