The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2051
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
9:10 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1586
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.01° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.