The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.93° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.80° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.