The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:12 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1734
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 343.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.07° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.93° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.