The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2104
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
8:09 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2241
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 | 199.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.16° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.45° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.