The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
5:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1932
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 | 131.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.00° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.15° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.