The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.54° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.24° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.