The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2039
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
9:42 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.95° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.83° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.