The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1910
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
8:12 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -158
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 141.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.03° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.29° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.