The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1913
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
11:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -121
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 | 52.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.63° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.14° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.