The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2004
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
10:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -26.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.26° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.90° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.