The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2000
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
1:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.91° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.47° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.