The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
9:52 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 22.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.64° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.42° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| 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.