The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2017
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
8:27 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 192.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.57° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.20° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.