The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2005
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
10:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 42.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.05° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.23° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.