The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1901
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:39 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.01° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.52° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.