The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2008
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
2:03 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 79.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 27.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.18° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.63° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.