The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
6:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3379
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.25° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.67° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.