The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1902
Waxing Crescent
8.6% 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
8:05 AM
9:49 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -257
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 | 34.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.27° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.63° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.