The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 2015
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
12:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.83° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.41° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.66° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.