The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 13, 2178
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
2:20 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3156
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 216.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.70° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.99° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.