The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
6:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 169.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.34° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.06° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| 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.