The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2053
Waning Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
1:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1610
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.98° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.25° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.