The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1906
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
8:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.60° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.94° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.