The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1904
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 310.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.58° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.62° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.