The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2056
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
5:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1647
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.25° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.38° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.