The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
2:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2266
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.13° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.60° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.