The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2016
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.98° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.28° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.