The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1909
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 241.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.97° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.92° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.