The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2023
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
10:48 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 252.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.82° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.03° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.