The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
3:17 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 98.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 23.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.82° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.