The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 2009
Waning Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
8:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 212.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.43° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.79° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.