The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2013
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
11:52 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.77° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.01° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.