The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 1998
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
7:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 930
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 | 185.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 336.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.54° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.