The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 13, 2184
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
8:10 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3231
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.44° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.22° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.