The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 251.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.40° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.78° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.