The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1921
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
9:47 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.08° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.82° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.