The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 2026
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
1:53 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1276
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 | 294.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.06° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.10° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.