The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2031
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1338
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.00° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.41° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.