The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2010
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
4:49 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 197.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.15° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.94° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.