The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 2086
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
5:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2018
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 178.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.67° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.45° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.