The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1915
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
3:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 206.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.05° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.90° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.