The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 2047
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:14 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1536
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.61° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.23° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.