The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 2020
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 235.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.66° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.17° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.