The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1923
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.81° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.22° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.