The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
3:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.46° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.88° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| 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.