The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
3:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1177
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 | 315.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 199.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.59° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.77° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.