The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1914
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
6:59 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.77° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.34° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.