The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
3:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.71° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.65° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.