The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2021
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
6:57 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.52° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.43° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.