The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 2180
Waning Gibbous
95.5% 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
10:10 PM
8:24 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3181
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.03° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.49° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.