The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
9:18 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 232.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.14° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.89° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.