The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 2043
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
10:43 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1487
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.29° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.35° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.