The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2081
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
10:54 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1957
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 | 33.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.37° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.71° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.