The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
7:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1264
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 | 173.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.41° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.39° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.