The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1993
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
9:54 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 252.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.32° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.