The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 22, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
4:31 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 35.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.71° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.71° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.