The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
4:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.26° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.