The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 1990
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
7:24 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 205.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.25° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.51° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.