The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
4:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 32.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.14° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.86° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.