The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% 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
3:15 PM
5:50 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.64° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.33° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| 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.