The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
3:57 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 117.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.57° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.62° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.