The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1996
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
12:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 283.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.45° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.54° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.