The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 2096
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2142
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.85° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.19° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.