The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
5:06 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.24° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.54° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.