The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 13, 2159
Waning Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
1:27 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2921
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 287.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.94° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.18° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.