The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
5:32 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.21° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.34° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.