The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2042
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
10:54 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.95° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.82° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.