The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2055
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
7:08 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 337.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.89° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.