The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1999
Waning Crescent
19.2% 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
4:08 AM
2:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.79° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.46° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.