The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
3:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.44° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.05° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| 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.