The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1918
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
6:49 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -60
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.60° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.05° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.